The southern central province of Binh Dinh is investigating a scam in which many local fishermen are accused of taking advantages of the government’s financial support for fishing activities to earn money.

 The United Nations (UN) vows to make long-term cooperation with the Vietnamese Government to cope with climate change, UN Resident Coordinator to Vietnam Kamal Malhotra has said.

Scrap steel imports to Viet Nam in the first three months of this year increased sharply compared with last year, up more than 45 per cent in volume and 120 per cent in turnover, which poses serious environmental threat.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city’s Song Han Incubator has launched the first ever tourism start-up programme.

 Many top Vietnamese badminton players have dropped in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won gold in the women’s 400m medley at the Asian Swimming Championships that opened in Tokyo yesterday.

Defending champions Thai Son Nam continued to dominate the National Futsal Championship with an 8-2 win over Hoang Thu Da Nang yesterday in HCM City.

 The Central Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam has disciplined many officials found to be responsible for a severe marine pollution incident caused in April 2016 by Formosa on the central coast.

 A Danish film festival will take place in Hue from May 26-28 and in Da Nang from June 2-4.

In response to an increasing number of tourist carriers operating in Hanoi, the Head of the Hanoi Municipal Traffic Police proposed to tighten the operation of this type of transport business.

 The excavation drive will take place from April 15th to December 30th on the area of 982m2.

The World Bank has approved a US$102 million loan to Vietnam to support the effort of industrial enterprises to adopt energy-efficiency technologies and practices. 

Nguyen Le Hoai Anh, a 12th grader from Lao Cai, was awarded by the provincial People’s Committee, on April 17, for winning a full scholarship from Stanford University (US) worth VND 6.5 billion (US$ 286,000). 

 Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong asked authorities of provinces where Uber and Grab were providing services to develop a comprehensive evaluation of the operation of the car-hailing services firms.

 Shareholders of PV Gas (GAS) has approved the company’s plans to lower its business targets in 2017 by 15-27 per cent year-on-year, given the global instability and volatile oil market.

 Vietinbank has not completed acquiring PGBank as the two sides have not finished all required procedures and got approval from the authorities.

 The U20 squad arrived in Dusseldorf, Germany today (Apr. 17) for a training camp to prepare for the FIFA U20 World Cup 2017 set to transpire in the Republic of Korea between May and June 2017.

 Thousands of football fans flocked to the Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi on April 17 to see with their own eyes the UEFA Champions League trophy and their Dutch idol Clarence Seedorf.

VietNamNet Bridge - The top five beauties of Miss Grand International 2016 are now in Vietnam to promote the 2017 competition set for later this year in Quang Binh and HCM City of Vietnam.

 Nineteen year-old Dinh Thi Huong Thao has been awarded a US$300,000 scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.